Fly Foxes Fly! - Football Manager Stories - FM14

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

26 Jan 2013 16:55:45

That Wimbledon game is slow going and my last save game with Leicester was good yet I had the same problem I have every year, having home grown player issues, so this time i have decided to end it once and for all by bringing back some old faces...the .fans weren't too happy but screw them hehe!

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i even signed Cantona as Director of Football! brought in 6 new scouts and Alistair Stevenson as coach left everything intact.

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also to make sure i have the best chance of gaining promotion and having the best possible squad to face the riguors of the premier 1st season i may have to blow the whole budget on players and staff. luckily the foxes have good financial backing due to the new owners. heres the best of who i brought in.
brought cokey and mcfadden into my last game and were excellent signings for any championship squad.

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trying to keep this squad as domestic as possible so only 2 1st team foreigners brought in, need a good back-up to scheichel and en extra striker, carew looked quite tasty never had him before.

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looking to bring in some extra home grown future talent for dirt cheap

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pre-season started off pretty well

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steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

26 Jan 2013 17:04:15

managed to steer through a midfield injury crisis to stay in contention.
into November 5th latest got knocked out of the league cup and lost to blackpool so far so good.

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after 3 days playing i'm flying!

Dan

13 years ago

3 weeks ago

16,964

26 Jan 2013 17:49:00

A decent start mate!

Deleted Account #151676

27 Jan 2013 18:01:25

Good luck with Leicester mate, you from round here?
Nice signings as well.

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

28 Jan 2013 11:31:18

before the free transfer windows shut, i couldn't help myself, for 6K a week anyway!

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/djhooker1969/gordon_zps6db376c6.png

also the end of december means people's contracts ending, snapped up this beauty for next season...

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league-wise, a shit december but still loutering round the pay-offs, had a lot of away games so hoping the rut of home games brings rewards.

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Dan

13 years ago

3 weeks ago

16,964

28 Jan 2013 12:20:59

Gordon is a cracking freebie! still in and around the right area mate!

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

28 Jan 2013 22:37:41

By Rick87 | Permalink | On 27 January 2013 - 18:01 PM

you from round here?

yes i live near hinckley

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

28 Jan 2013 22:43:43

Only one new face to bolster the youth team, that's the transfer budget pretty much blown, so i'd better get promoted!

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form has picked up and lingering around 3rd place so fairly pleased, konchesky looks out for the season so gotta nurture joey mattock like a babybird! not sure how yann kermorgant has scored 20 goals for charlton, he's shit!

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steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

30 Jan 2013 17:00:40

Was a very tough season, lots of injuries, a good FA cup run...

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only to go out 1-0 to chelsea.
All round though was a good season, and got there eventually!

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Thunder1301

14 years ago

5 months ago

64

Premium

01 Feb 2013 02:10:05

Great first season! Looking forward to reading more about your first season in the premier league.

Dan

13 years ago

3 weeks ago

16,964

01 Feb 2013 08:37:52

Great season with promotion and an fa cup final! well done mate

K3V0

16 years ago

2 years ago

5,966

01 Feb 2013 09:52:58

Cracking first season.

Well done on winning promotion!!

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

01 Feb 2013 11:52:43

By DanW19 | Permalink | On 01 February 2013 - 08:37 AM

Great season with promotion and an fa cup final! well done mate

It was the semi-final. I got a couple of ace signings for free this season, I'll post em up in the next update, been hammering the youth signing this season too.

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

02 Feb 2013 14:26:34

managed to pick up 3 dishy free transfers (de silvestri shown in earlier update)

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went crazy on the youth player side of things

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the only big spending signings were these guys

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pre-season went pretty well, good start to the 1st three games then hit a chelsea/man city sized wall which got better with a shock win against united in the league cup!

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the league at the end of september

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Dyrim

11 years ago

3 months ago

593

03 Feb 2013 07:28:41

Sergio Gomez and Simon Cristofferson seem like amezing singings.

Great start of the season considering you already played Chelsea, ManC and ManU.

Always keep you eyes open for the amzing buys you sometimes get around this time of year. A lot of good players get unhappy due to lack of first team football.

Good luck.

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

05 Feb 2013 15:29:03

Not too much to report, other than beat united again at home 1-0 heh rooney got sent off the dumbass. Had a bit of a run in the League Cup which got cut short by Man City. Got rid of Craig Shakespeare as Assistant manager finally and got someone with better judging abilities and all round coaching for 7 grand a week less!

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steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

13 Feb 2013 18:11:57

Not much transfer wise for january, got rid of matty james and thought i'd treat myself to bolster midfield.

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and it's paid off big time! with wins against city and chelsea away!

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steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

18 Feb 2013 15:26:00

Tom Cleverley, what a legend he turned out! had some strange results against big teams, managed to blag Leicester their 1st ever FA cup trophy and finish 5th place! christoffersson is the giant killer! scoring the winning goals against united and chelsea and arsenal in final game. a good final place which was to be expected due to the strength and depth of the squad.

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Europe here we come!

steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

21 Feb 2013 20:36:41

A reasonable start to proceedings, with a lucky community shield win on penalties and being offered the england job due to Roy Hodgson retiring, which i took. Some boss signings too!

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youths

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also Leicester are now ranked 8th in England

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steveekay

14 years ago

10 hours ago

130

20 Mar 2013 15:56:12

Been fairly slow going as i have other various games going on, just a quick league update, no signings other than some out of contracts coming up. these screen prints are slightly old i'm up to near end of january and have dropped to 4th with arsenal chelsea and man city running away at the top. i'll update again at end of feb.